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ArticleDiabetes2019

Cellular Origins of Beige Fat Cells Revisited.

Mengle Shao, Qiong A Wang, Anying Song, Lavanya Vishvanath, Napoleon C Busbuso, Philipp E Scherer, Rana K Gupta

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Article in Diabetes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers.

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112citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

112 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mengle ShaoTouchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Qiong A WangTouchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Anying SongDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA.
Lavanya VishvanathTouchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Napoleon C BusbusoTouchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Philipp E SchererTouchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX rana.gupta@utsouthwestern.edu philipp.scherer@utsouthwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0680-3392
Rana K GuptaTouchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX rana.gupta@utsouthwestern.edu philipp.scherer@utsouthwestern.edu.

Funding

The role of AgRP/Auga-ALK pathway in FGF21's brain action on agingP01AG051459 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VISHWA DEEP DIXIT · 2016 to 2026
$25.7M
Novel Mechanisms Regulating the Adipocyte-Brain-Hepatocyte AxisP01DK088761 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SCHERER, PHILIPP E · 2010 to 2019
$17.4M
White Adipose Tissue Physiology, Mitochondrial Function and AdiponectinR01DK099110 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI PHILIPP E SCHERER · 2013 to 2026
$6.7M
Establishment and Maintenance of Healthy Adipose Tissue in ObesityR01DK104789 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI GUPTA, RANA K · 2015 to 2024
$3.9M
Laser Scanning Confocal for UT Southwestern Live Cell Imaging FacilityS10OD021684 · OD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LUBY-PHELPS, KATHERINE J · 2016 to 2016
$455k
Converting More Brown Adipocytes From Resting to Active StateK01DK107788 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI WANG, QIONG ANNABEL · 2015 to 2017
$333k
Defining How Mammary Adipocytes Remodel During Female ReproductionR03HD095414 · NICHD · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI WANG, QIONG ANNABEL · 2018 to 2019
$173k
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG051459NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD095414NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK107788NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK088761NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099110NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104789NIH HHS S10 OD021684
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activated beige adipocytes have therapeutic potential due to their ability to improve glucose and lipid homeostasis. To date, the origin of beige adipocytes remains enigmatic. Whether beige cells arise through de novo differentiation from resident precursors or through reprogramming of mature white adipocytes has been a topic of intense discussion. Here, we offer our perspective on the natural origin of beige adipocytes in mice. In particular, we revisit recent lineage-tracing studies that shed light on this issue and offer new insight into how environmental housing temperatures early in life influence the mode of beige adipocyte biogenesis upon cold exposure later in life. We suggest a unified model in which beige adipocytes (UCP1

Indexed as

Adipocytes, BeigeAdipogenesisAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsHumansThermogenesis

Identifiers

PMID31540940
PMCPMC6754244

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